The Conference Board

What Does The Conference Board Mean?
A not-for-profit research organization for businesses that distributes information about management and the marketplace. It is a widely quoted private source of business intelligence.

Investopedia explains The Conference Board
The Conference Board connects some 2,000 companies via forums and peer-to-peer meetings to discuss what matters to companies today: issues such as top-line growth in a shifting economic environment and corporate governance standards. However, the Conference Board is best known for it's widely followed economic indicators, particularly the Consumer Confidence Index.

Related Terms

Consumer Confidence Index - CCI
Corporate Governance
Expectations Index
Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index -MCSI
Present Situation Index
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Related Links

The Conference Board - The official website of the organization that publishes the CCI and other economic and business research.
Understanding The Consumer Confidence Index - We look at this closely watched economic indicator to see what it means and how it's calculated.
Economic Indicators: Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) - The Consumer Confidence Index is a unique indicator designed to gauge the relative financial health, spending power and confidence of the average consumer.
Consumer Confidence: A Killer Statistic - It's the key to any market economy, so investors need to learn the measures and how to analyze them.
What's the difference between consumer confidence and consumer sentiment? -

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